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PAM,' A Al ENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FE°, B. NEW Al EMBER. The non. A. COlitiloolttii;oiiiiiend his text, as Mem; ber for the County Tyrone, in the room date Itight lion. Oh. J. Stewart, Bart., deceased!. PKIS'ATE BUSINESS. A Petition was presented against the report upon a Private Bill, for making a navigable Canal for ships in the vicinity of .Loweetaff; which gave rise to some conversation as to the autho rity of the decision of the Committee. bit.. 8. WORTIAW, in consequence of this misunder: standing; gave notice that lie should to-morrow move for the renewal of the Standing► Order Committee which sat 'last year. NEGRO SLAVERY. Lord HOTHAM . presented a petition from the Inhabitants •of Leominster, praying for the gradual extinction of Slavery in the Colonies. The Noble Lord stated, that the petition • was numerously and respectably signed, and 'recommended it to the particular att e n tion o f the House.—Ordered to be printed. Lord J. FITZROY presented a similar petition from the In. habitants of Woodbridge.-;-Ordered to be . printed. Mr. DICKINSON presented a pe tition front the Glove Manufacturers of Yeovil, whom he represented a numerous class of persons, praying that the law for allowing the importa. tion of gluves under the low duty might not come into opera. tion. The Hon. Member trusted that the House would attend to the prayer of the petitioners ; , and, not Ifacrifice interest, ' which practice and experience had shewn to be valuable, for -the sake of doctrines imperfectly explained or understood, and that only in books. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE agreed with his lion. Colleague, in the hope that this large and respectable class of persons would rrocbe sacrificed to the fashionable notions of free trade. He believed that House would have petitions from all parts of the kingdom, from persons following the same occupation- s us well as from the Silk Manfecturere, whose case was very much the same—chewing the utter ruin which would fall upon them if this law were allowed to take effect. The petition was ordered to be printed. Sir F. BUXTON moved for a return of the number and tonnage of all Steam Vessels which entered the Port of London in the year ending in January, 1828.—Ordered. SCOTCH BANKS. Sir J. WROTTES LE Y moved for a Return of the Number of Banks established in Scotland, distinguishing the Chartered Banks and the Numb e r of P artners , an d such as are not char. tered.—Ordered. FOREIGN CORN. 31r. W. WHITMORE moved for an Account of the Quan. thy of Foreign Grain of each sort imported into this country in the years ending the hth of January, 18`.15, and 1826. Also an Account of the quantity of Foreign Grain of each sort warehoused during the saute time, Asia as the same can be made out: Also for an Account of all Grain takers out of bond within the same time, as far as the same can be made out. Also for an Account of the quantity of Grain Imported from Ireland within the same time. .Also for,theiiszetted Price of Grain in this .country for each quarter of the s o me two years.—Ordered. • , BANK NOTE STAMPS. Mr. CA MYRA FT said, that he had intended putting a qucs. tion.to the Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer, but not seeing him in Ins place, he would ask it of the Honourable Gentlemen opposite connected with the Treasury. The sub , ject was on e o f th e greatest i mportance, and if his informa tion was correct, the course taken by Government involved a stretch of authority which he thought most extraordinary. lie wished to ask whether any order from that Department of the Government lied authorised a refusal to stamp the notes of certain Bankers who had made application in the usual way P Mr. HEER IRS had no hesitation in saying that the Go. • vemment had suspended, for the present, the stamping of one and two.pound Bank notes. it would he in . the recollec. tion of the House, that when the subject came under dis euision at the opening of the Session, an opinion was started —he believed on the; other aide—and became very generally expressed, that until the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer brotight his measure forward, the stamping of! notes ought not to be alloared to go on. It was then al so state d, that the Government mi g h t brusg . in a short bill to effect that purpose; but upon conisideration it was held snore adyisable to take the other course. .Considering the s h ort interval be. tween that time and Friday. next, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer would bring tint subject before the House, it was deemed chore expedient that the affixing of stamps to one and two pound notes should be suspended for that short period. On , that account it had been d eter mined talssuo thy order to which the Hon. Member alluded. Mr. CALCRAIPV was surprised to hear the answer of the Boa. Gentleman. It was the Hist time, during hie Parliamentary , experience, that a measure of such great respow.ibility had been undertaken by the Government upon , such grounds. It appeared that, upon an opinion being expressed, first on that aside of tha H ouse , and then generally - adopted, without law, or, as he understood, without even consulting the law officers, they had proceeded to adopt this important measure. Why could they not have introduced a short bill, when it was well known that upon rousing occasions the House frequently sus. Tended its standing orders, snit allowed bills to pass through all their stages in one sitting. lie thought the Members of the Government, unless protected by some subsequent Act, haul exposed themselves to the liability of actions for damages from . the pities who had been refused the stamping of their notes in the .regular manner accord's* to law. He was greatly stir prised at the adoption of such a course. HUSH LAW OF ELECTION. Trlr; R. MARTIN rose to move fbr leavn to bring in a Bill to touNti the Law of Election in I re l an d, p ursuant to not i ce. :The Ilan, Member expressed his confidence that such a mea. sure would receive the best attention of the House and paid. cularly of those Memb er s w h o were connecte d with ' Ireland. , The object of his Bill would be, in the first instance, to render the ferty.shilling freeholder less dependent upon his landlord. •lie hoped that Gentlemen who complained of the state of the lorty.shilling freeholder would attend to this part of the lob •jeet. One of the clauses of the Bill would be, to declare that no freeholder tinder 20/, should be permitted to register his free. hold without producing either the last receipt of the landlord Run whom he derived, or of the person to whom he paid his rent., Would not this, he would ask, render the condition of that freeholder more independent, anti therefore make him a better elector ? The Bill would further propose that such free, holders should not be permitted to vote at any election until ho produced a similar discharge. If he was not in a condition to pale his relit, it' lie was insolvent,. then he was not fit to exercise his right independently, The Ilon. Member felt convinced that any gentleman who wished well to the poor of Ireland, vapid desire to see this change effected in the law. Another evil for which he meant to propose a remedy, was the power posqtesed by the Ministry with respect to the registry of free, holds. lie would venture to say, in the presence of any knight of the shire for that part of Ireland to which he belonged, that any man having a majority of the Magistracy in his irate. rest, could prevent his opponent front having his registers seated. lie knew in his own case that he had for twelve month' Plaited to obtain registers to oblige friends of his, and that •he had attempted to do so ineffectually. Every 4iientleman must know the great evil arising from the watt of amendatory power to compel Magistrates to act in these cases. lie s h ould propose that regular attendance be given in market towns on "elated days, and that the Clerk of the Peace, when snot able to attend himself, should appoint a person, duly sworn, .tfrreeeive affidavits and then give them to him to be registered. Too much power was, in his opinion, left to the dis cr etion of the fTheriffin appointing deputies to take the poll, and possibly It may not be deemed inexpedient that the Sheriff Should be obliged to submit a list of person's qualified to act as Deputies; winch list the Candidates might reduce in the same manner us tipeefal Juries are struck before the Officer. As he did not see Many Hon. Sliembers be/onging to his own country present, it would perhaps be better for b iro not to, press his motion until he bad consulted them upon it. After a suggestion front the g*VAXER, the lion. Menthe,: snoved , for leave to bring its a Bill to amend the law of Election Prgland, Arr. C, lIUTCII I NSON thought it a delicate thing to inter. fere with such laws on theeve of a General Election. •Mr. MARTIN said that the alteration,of the system of - re. glary could not affect the next election. The course he should take, would be to introduce the Bill and have it printed, and then to let it stand over until after Easter. 7 . 14ir fl. PARNELL( expretuied his lioint that due notice would be given Of the second reading ortlie illll.—Leave granted. • SUPPLY. Mr. prititlES moved the Order of the'Day for the bring. km up of the Report of the Comtnittee of Supply. Jr. BaoaDcv brought up the report, and the resolution of the Committee was agreed to...the Committee to sit again on Mr. lIKRILEES moved the usual Address for laying the Estimates, end the Accounts of the Expenditure before the Rouse. - 'Tits 'aid Papers, containin the Navy and Ordinance Esti =Lust Were afterwards presented. and ordered to be printed. UlLltiatT moved fur lieturns or the Imports and • P 64l4 ofTer:Arid Tin, far the y ear ending the Stiaano. • 41120.--thgarati —A djou rued . EAST INDIA-HOUSE. THE DUDE PAPERS. A Generfl Court of Proprietors was held yes terday, at the Caratitiny's House in Leadenhall-street, for the purpose of taking into considerntion a motion of which General Sit John Doyle lttl, given notice on the subject of the (Jude Papers. After the minutes of the last Court had been read, • The CHAIRMAN informed the Proprietors, that there was laid before them a return of the Company's shipping, of every description, up to the 21s t of l as t December, containing the Olnnes of the shipe—the tpount of tonnage of each—the names 'Ofthe commanders—also an account of the number of ships employed by the Company since 1813—the rate of tonnage— and the number and expellee of the voyages made by each. Captain .11AXFIE1.D asked whether these papers were to be seen in the Proprietors' room? Gen. TsionsTox suggested that they should be printed. Capt. MAXFIELD made a 1110tillit to that effect, Which' was `seconded by Dr. Gilchrist. The CHAIRMAN informed the lion. Proprietors that such a motion would be irregular. This was a Special Colin, and no motion could be discussed in ik except those fur which it had been made special, unless notice had been given at the last Court. Capt. MAxrIELD said, he made the motion merely to save trouble at a future day. The CH:unman (after some few remarks froM Gen. Thorn-' ton and Dr. Gilchrist on tlie subject) repeated' his first obser- Nation, that the forms of the Court did not allow of the motion On this occasion. The CIIAIRMAN then informed the Court of the motionto consider the (Jude Papery, for which they had been specially assembled, and the requititioe to det effect having been read by the Clerk, Sir JOHN DOYLE rose. lie observed, that before he en tered upon the business of the day, it might be necessary to release the. minds al' gentlemen present from' fears. which the great magnitude of the papers before the Court Might create, of having their attention occupied for a considerable length of time. Seeing such a huge volume of documents before them, they. might naturally think of the immense mass of' papers which they had to consider some time back ; he meant the " Hydrabad paperi." There was, however; this difference be tween the circumstances attending those papers and the docu ments at present before the Court—on the former occasion there Was a wide difference of opinion in the Court—on the present the Court would, he had no doubt, be unanimous. In order tom full understanding of the present subject, it would be necessary to revert to the circumstances under which these (Jude papers came before the public. When the Marquis of Hantinge had resigned the Government of„ India, and was on his passage home to England, he thought the leisure afforded him during the voyage a good opportunity of throwing together the lead ing featurett of his administration, in order to lay the account - before his honourable employers, and thus. to give them a re, turn of the manner in which lie had executed the trust reposed in him. This statement was drawn up while the facts to which it referred were fresh in his recollection, though with, oat access to the original documents. On his arrival iu 1..2g. land, it was sent to the Court of Directors, who (and he did not now impute any blame to them on that account) not think ing it of an official nature (as the Noble Lord was out of office), did not receive it in that way will& would make it a matter of record with them. The Noble Lord, after this, showed it 'to some of his friends, who requested him to have it published. But he refused, until, about to leave the country for a distant state, he left it to them, and they were, after some time, induced • to publish it by circumstances which he would not then men. Lion. Not long afterwards, it happened that an Hon. Director (Colonel Heinle), had occasion to give evidence before a Com mittee of the House of Commons on a subject connected with India, and part of that evidence was so much at variance with the statement given in the expo of the Noble Lord, that an Hon. Baronet; a Member of thellouse, was induced to call for explanation on the subject. This was, as it appeared to him, done in kindness to the Hon. Director, and in order to give him an opportunity of making out a case, if he could do so, in support of his evidence. The explanation was given by the production of the immense Volume betare them. And now one question was, whose was that hook ? The Hon. Director (Colonel Millie) had, at the last Gotta, denied it to be his. It , could not be that of the Marquis of Beatings, as he was out of the country; but he begged to ask the Hon. Deputy Chairman whether it was his? The Deputy Chairman (Sir Grottox RoulnsoN) said, that f the Gallant General's questions went to the whole of the papers contained in the boiik, he would answer that it was not his. He had one object in view only in those parts of It for which he would personally answer—namely, the statement on the subject of the loans to the Company from the Nawab Vi zier of Oude. It had been asserted that these loans were vo. luntary on the part of the Nawah,iind to mark the gratitude he felt to the Noble Marquis for having relieved him from the thraldom in which he i t 'd been held by his predecessor. Ile would answer for the production of those documents which re. lated to that loan, but for the other part s h e wou ld not answer, as he would not for the matters referred to have incurred the expence of printing. He said thus much in answer to the Gallant General's question ; but he would, if gesasion re. quired, state his opinion more at large in the coursef the dis cussion, as to why he felt justified in wishing the publication of three parts of the documents. Sir J. Dorvz continued.' Ha had, he could assure th e Hon. Deputy Chai rm a n , acqu i tted him in his own mind, of 'having given any sanction to the printing of the whole of those papers. He would now revert to the mutton which he intended to submit to the Court, connected with those napers. He would divide the subject int o two parts—that, that which referred to the loan by the Nawab Vizier; and next, as to the removal of Colonel 'Lillie from his situation as resident at Lucknow.— One word, however, before he entered into the Subject. lle could not avoid expressing his disapprobation at seeing among those documents (in the part fur which:he supposed they were indebted to the Hon. Director Colonel Millie), copies of docu mente which he (Colonel Male) must have received, not as a private individual, but Mobil; OffiCial capacity —a proceeding which he thought altogether unjustifiable. Now as to the loan. When the Marquis of 'listings left the seat of government in India, in order to carry on the Nepeul war, he hail suer tained that the Company's finance* were in a bad state; and for the truth of the assertion that they were so, he would ep peal to those who were best acquainted with the financial affirtra sf India at that period. It was suggested as a resource by which the Company might be assisted, that application for pecuniary assistance should be made to -the Nawab Vizier of Mle. The Noble Marquis approved of this, hut felt that there would be a delicacy m doing it, as the Newel) had but recently till receded to the dI usnud. II ow ever, he lidded, that I ce should be determined by what he should ",ea, nn his bi , s , arr ival at the residence of th a t P r i nce . On th e 11th of smcember, 11114 (we believe), he arrived at (awn. pore. A visit of ceremony was made the next day, and-re turned the day after. At these nothing was done • but on the next day, the Nawab, i n t h e presence of Major ' Rickets and Captain INPLeod, made an other to the Governor-General, for the use of the Company, of a crore of rupees (about one nil!. lion sterling), and entreated that it might be accepted, not as a loan, but as a free gift. Ile stated title not merely on the au. thority or the Gentleman he had named, but on that of Colonel Baillie himself, who, though he was not present when this offer was made, alluded to it in a letter which he afterwards wrote to the Cioverement Secretary, as having been mentioned to him at that time. The gallant General here read an extract of the letter, in whit h Colonel Bernie mentioned what had been said about the offer of the crone of rupees as a free gift. The point (Sir John Doyle continued) to which this end other ex. mama tended, would be this—to show the question it issue between the Honourable Director (Colonel itaillie) Pt& the Noble Marquis; the Noble Marquis having described thin offer of the first crore as a Voluntary act on the part of the Nawab, while the gallant Colonel i, , ,serted that it was obtained with considerable difficulty, and, to Met bisown words, that it came (ruin him like so matiy drops of blond. Now, he would show from those papers, that the statement of th e Noble Marquis was that which could ha borne cut by the facts. , The gallon offic er her e requested that several ext. acts from the immense volume of documents before the C urt might be read, and they w e re ticeordirtgly read by the ark. To giv e the tithe of them would swell tide account CO exto Vat present incon. intent, ant very much beyond what the importenet of the point at issue requires. It will seine° to soy, therefore, that they consisted of' passages fro.. lette sof the Vizier to the Governor-GeLerel, with nn t ffer of a second crore of rupees, in which he talked of their 11,:viaiieo separate interests, and his great desire to assist the Company; also of peones of let ters from Colonel Paillie, in which he spoke of the readiness of the Nawab to give nO lace of rupees (heir a million sterling) by way of gift ; and likewise of a letter from the Marquis of "flutings to the Directors in - September last, inclosing a state ment of Mr. Rickets, in -both of which there was a distinct denial of any reluctanw on the part of the Nawab iii grant. ing the first loan. The gallant officer next referred to a letter riddressed by' Colonel llaillie to the Secretary, Joseph Dart, Esq., in 1023, in which ha stated; that so far 'was the Nawab front offering a toluntiry crore of rupees or any other 'sum to Lord Hastings for the Company' s u se, th a t it was at his (Colonel ;;silli es) e 'meat solicitation, and with great reluctance, that the money had been advanced at all. "he next extract was front a minute of the Supreme Council in India, in whith they expressed their_ entire approbation of the " voluntary offer" of a crore of rupees from the Newel); and another extract from tl s proceedings of the Court of Directors at home, showed that the transactions with the Nawab were approved, and in which.the first loan was recog, hired as a voluntary offer (for the second was never represented by Lord Hastings in any other light than as the result of ne gociation.) He had now called the attention of the Court to documents suflicent to prove whet be had set out with assert. ing__that the first loan was voluntary. lie had shewn that it was so recognized and approved by the Supreme Council in India, and by the Directors at home. He would beg their at. tendon to another document of a . curious kind; one in which he thought there was a direct attack on the proceedings not only of the Governor-general in Council ,but also on those of the Directors. This was a confidential letter from Col. Bindle, dated March 2, 1015, at Lucknow, to Mr: Adam, the Secretary to the Go. vernor-General, in which he asks him, " Have you seen. all my letters to Rickets (another secretary) on the vexatious subject of the extortion from the Vizier ?" had beard it said, that we held India by the Government of opinion. He believed we did by the opinion of our strength, andhe hoped we should be able to prove it, now that it wits in some degree tried ; but he had hoped that we a l so h e ld i t by the opinion entertained by the native princes of our honour and integrity ; now what, he begged to ask, would be their opinion of the justice of our Government abroad, or the honesty of that at home, when they heard from our own Resident at a Native Court such an avowal its this, what would they think, at leering from the mouth of one of our own officers, that we had taken advantage of our strength to extort large aunts from a prince our ally, who had not the means' to assist us ? If, however, there was extortion in the case, (which lie denied) what must be thought of the gallant Colonel, who was, ac cording to his • own account, the promoter of it ? But what must that Court think at having a proceeding which their rectors had approved, branded with the name of extortion ? The gallant Generalthen adverted to the circumstance of Colonel. Baillie having published many . letters addressed to hi m n r i - ' vately. It was, he observed, 'stud that these were public letters —he it to : they were public or airivate, takeit either wa y. If public, what right had an individual to remove from an office which he had left such documents ? He did not wish to say an uncivil thing, but the term which would be applied in common life would not be a legal one for the purpose of discussion. If they were private letters, they were ten times .worse, anti the epithet that would be applied to such a course would nut be a grateful one to any man of delicate feeling. lie would not, at present, trespass further on the Court. fle had, he thought, said enough to show, that the light in which the Marquis of Hastings viewed the first lo a n as a vo l untary offer on the part of the Nawab Vizier Was a just one, an d was clearly proved by the documents befine the Court. He would now move a few resolutions, reserving to himself (when this motion should be disposed of) to MOW: another set founded on these papers, and connected with the dismissal of the gallant Colonel front his si. tuation as resident at Lusknow. lie then moved-a. " That It appears to this Court, that the first loan obtained by the Governor-General in 1814, was voluntarily offered to hint by his Excellency the Vizier. " That the second loan was obtained by negociation, after a candid explanation of the financial eniburremsments under which the Government of Bengal -at that time labtiured, and was never otherwise represented by the Governor-General. • " That this Court approves of the terms in which the Court of Directors conveyed its approbation of both transactions." alr. 11 u tiE seconded the motion. Colonel IlattAix, after complimenting the gallant Mover on the general cand ou i o f hi s tone, though mixed with sonic little vituperation, expressed his desire to _lmitate his candour and to be as brief as the nature of the case would admit. lie then entered into a detail of the circumstance,i which led to his examination before a Committee of the House of Coin. mons in 11122. That Committee was appointed to 'inquire into some allegations contained in a petition respecting debts due to the Nawab of Gude by the Company, and lie lied the honour to be a member of it. lit the Conunatee it was pro posed to him to give evidence ; but lie declined, and expressed his utter reluctance to being called upon to disclose confiden, tial communications made to him in the discharge of his public duty. The committee, however, overruled his objection, and he was compelled to submit to their authority. The first question proposed to him by the Counsel attending for on e o f the parties was—whether some time after the accession of the Nawab Vizier, an application had not been Made through him (Colonel Millie) for a loan of a million of money P This question was objected to by one of the Learned Counsel at tending, anti (Oat the Committee had been cleared upon it) it was put to him in another shape, viz. whether, in consequence of communications made byhini to the Vizier, he had not found hiM reluctant to lend money to the Company ? His answer to that question required some detail, and he gave it to this effect —that on the occasion of the Vizier's accession, an intimation was made to hint (Colonel Mollie) of his disposiiion to make a grant or douceur to the Company, in consideration of the assistance received from them. To this he replied, that no such thing wits desired by the Company, and that they bad no wish for any part of the Vizier's wealth. Subsequently, on his calling on him, end representing the exigencies of, the Company, the Nawab naturally asked why this wait not made known on his accession, when the Company might have had as much as they wished i to which he replied that the exigency did not then exist, anti was not even in contemplation—but that the Nepaul war had caused this exigency. In answer to other question, the Gallant Colonel observed, that he had expressed Iris opinion that the Vizier, heing a Alusaulman, anti not al lowed by his religion to take interest On Money lent, would have a reluctance to make die advance•requirett. Ile then went on to contend, that his assertions before the Committee were borne out by time facte. In stating that the loan was. not voluntary, he did not mean to any that it was compulsory, as opposed to the term voluntary ; but that it wits so tar not vo. .luntaty, inasmuch as it was obtained by repeated application, and by persuasion. lie lied no intention of attempting to cast any dtscredit on Lord linetinga's statement: the Noble Lord having important acts of his public life to recollect, might easily omit some of the circumstances connected with this loan ; but that they could not be so easily omitted by him (Colonel Bailliej, whose actions in public life were comparatively so few, and so humble, amid particularly when his memory was re freshed on the subject by the cross-examination of counsel.— But lie mitt say that the discrepancy between the Noble Lord's statement and his (Colonel I Baillje's) evidence was not what was to be looked to, so much as the discrepancy between it and the printed documents now before the Court..... As to the publication of part of those documents, for which lie was now blamed, lie admitted they were private, but private documents given on public contended and thatco n a t s a i s it u ! l e i h i f Instructions on public matter,anti he e he bed a right to use, them in his own d e f ence ; otherwise, whet public functionary could be safe, if eccustitions were pre fermi. against him after retiring from alike P He then proceed.. ed in some length to contend, from a review of the great re luctance with which the Nawab consented to the second loan, and from the anxiety he evinced to he secured against future similar applications; fist the Nawab himself' did not look on the first as a voluntary met of him, but rather es the result' of solicitation on the part of the Company. As to the use o f t h e word " extortion" In one of hi s (Colonel Ilaillieat) letters, its applying to the loan, he would admit that it was too strong, but It was not meant to convey the idea of a fraudulent exaction. All he meant by it Wag to show that considerable degre e of persuasion had been usedbetere he complied, and this Tie now repeated. From the mariner in which the Nawab might have expressed himself to' the Noble Marquis or of Captain Nl‘Leod, or Major Rick la,. they might have looked Open his act at the time as voluntary ; but let it be recollected that this was after the negociations and perstiasiona which he had used to induce a compliance with time request for the loan. 'The Gallant Colonel then referred to a great variety:of documents to prove that the view he took of the transaction anti which he he t i de scribed in his evid en ce, w a s correct , and in conclusion observed, that he would rely with perfect confidence on the opinion of the Court as to his conduct.--(hear, hear!) Mr. ELLIS, 'after remarking that the word " extortion" could not be fairly applied to what had been the result of ne. gotiation admitted that the word might have escaped the lion; Director under an exasperation of mind, Erten other causes.— (" petty, 'leer 1" front Colonel Llaillie.)— With time general fairness of time explanation given by the Gallant Colonel he was satisfied, and he thought lie might put the matter on Its best ground, hy moving as an amendment, that the words " readily obtained them," linstead of " volunterily offered by" the Na. witb, should be inserted in the first part of the resolution. Sir C. Fount* wended this, and observed that though be admitted the fairness of , the explanation given by hill raL tive Colonel Willie, he could not help regretting 'lnd be had not tis:al the same candour in his motto of giving his evidence before the connnittee, in which case the preeent discussion might leave been spared. The reluctant, hemitatieg, and am biguous manner in which he had given hisevidence, male M tn (Sir C. Forbes) and others imagine that the discrepancy be, tween ilia statement and that of the Noble Lord was much greater then it now epneared, and that there was much more behind the curtain which it might be desirable to know. It now appeared that there was quite enough to justify the Noble Lord in calling the first loan voluntary (fur on tliceluirtteter of. the second they were all agr ee d), though the ' Gallant Colonel might have reason to believe that it Was not aakpontancous- act them would sh ew ( us coarutidbenVotiznioewear•egirllt it Its to I thr ie p re u a b d li in cri dg ti o o t a of those pape rs , h e would every occ as i on i n which Lor liastin administratio n came to be considered ) it ' was a sound and a wi s e one, though he must r e p tot approve. there were parts of it which he did not Air. li. ST N 'loft was glad-that these papers were publish ed, as they would show time conduct of residents in India to na. five princes. It was in consequence of the gallant Colon e l' s conduct to the Vizier that he had been removed by Lord Has. rings from his situation ice reeidept. Mr. HUME said he hid expected that these papers would have been made the source of some charge against Lord li ast . hugs, but there WAS none. if as Much hnow,n before ' as was now elicited from the Hon. Director, this motion would have been unnecessary ; but as it was put, he hoped it would be carried. Mr. P. Moonz thought it was unnecessary to decide again on what had been long ago approved positively by the Direc tors and tacitly by th at C ourt . Th ere was no charge whatever against the Marquis of Hastings, and the sooner the discussion ended the better. With this view he 'should move that the Court do now adjourn. Mr. RIGBY seconded this motion, and after some few re marks from Mr. 'EdmistOne, Dr. Gilchrist, Mr. R. Jackson, Mr. Trent, Sir J . Sewell, Capt. 'M ax f i eld; Mr. Twining, and from Sir J. Doyle, (rather in explanation titan in reply), the question of adjournment was carried in the affirmative by a large majority. CO BB E T T. This impudent personage, nothing abashed by the unsuccessful results of former efforts 4 is still end e avouring to obtain a scat in that astrembly which he has so much vitupe rated—the House of Commons; where, according to his own account, he is to work miracles, to which the conversion of an old negroe's bones into thOse of Tom Paine will be as nothing. It was advertised that a meeting would take place at the Free masons' Tavern, to raise a subscription, for the purpose of effecting Cobbet's return to the House ; but this, we suppose, being considered too aristocratical a Gommcricement, it was at last determined that the Meeting should be held in , the old radical fashion, in the open air. The place then became a matter of consideration ; and Lincoln's-Inn-fields was fixed upon—perhaps on account of its vicinity to St. Giles's. Accord. ingly, at one o'clock yesterday, Mr, Cobbett, accompanied by Sir Thomas Becvor, and followed by' a crowd of tag-rag and bob-tail, marched into Lincoln's.inh.fields, where Cobbett and his friends got into a waggon. Our readers will be sur prised to learn that a person,of Sir Thomas Hector rank should be seen in Mr. Cobbett's company ; but the fact is explained by Sir Thomas being, as he himself saki, under a personal obligation to the Hero - of the Gridiron. Happening to have somewhat more in our pockets than we wished - to get rid if we deemed it prudent to avoid mingling with Mr. Cobbett's supporters, and 'therefore stood - at some distance - from the waggon. This prevented our hearing distinctly all that pass ed; but we believe the following short account of the proceed ings will be found in the main correct :.:-. Sir THOM AS Heiman, having been appointed chairman, stated, that the meeting was assembled for the purpose of pro curing the.means of returning Mr. Cobbett to rt , seat in the House of Commons. There was no man who knew so well what ought to be done for the good of the country as Mr. Cob bett. He was the most able and consistent politician of the day. (Cobbett utmost blushed, and his friends shouted.) To Mr. Cobbett he owed every thing he possessed in the world. Some resolutions would be submitted to the meeting, which he hoped would be adopted. A person, who was said to be Colonel Johnson, the member for Boston (but this of course was a mistake), proposed a reso. lution 'which declared the propriety of raising a subscription to procure Mr. Cobbctt's return to Parliament. A Mr. M'Ai.xxn, seconded the resolution, which was carriei unanimously. ConnETT's min came now.—He hated mock-modesty, be said, and therefore he would at once acknowledge that he consi. sidered himself the cleverest man in the country.—(Cheers.)—.. If hc'had been returned to Parliament in 1819, instead of hay ing been dilven froM that place by the rich and blnated rufflans ' who lived upon the labour of the honest and kind.hcarted poor people of Coventry, the present distressetnever would have oc ' furred ; and now they had' occurred; he was the. only person who knew how to get rid of them.—,(Loud Cheers.)-lle did not like to say much about himself, but every body knew that nobody knew any thing about the causes of the presetit difficul ties but William • Cobbett.—(Applause.)—lf he were in the (louse, ho would make the Members' ears tingle in such a way as they had never' tingled before, or be would allow himself to be beaten like stockfish. Mr. H. HUNT said that Cobbett had talked about making the Members' ear tingle; but that would not satisfy him. Ile. fore he would promise Mr. Cobbett his suppoit, he (Mr. 'Cobbett) must repeat a pledge which he made in 1808, in writing ; it was this—" I never, as long as I live, either for myself, or for, or through the me a ns of, any one ' of my family, will receive, under any name, whether of sal ar y, pension, or other, either directly or indirectly, one single' farthing of the public money." Hc. had no doubt that much good would result from Mr. Cobbetee being in the House of Commons. He was an able arguer, and could maintain all sides.of a question. (Hisses, and a cry of " You have come here to make rail chief.")—After some other observations, Mr. Ilunt retired, and was succeeded by CoburrT, who said that he considered it unnecessary to repeat the pledge which he made in 1806. What he once said, he always abided by.—(Applause.) A Vegetable.. Merchant, who had deserted his quadruped for a lamppost, recommended Cobbett to satisfy:Mr:Hunt, by repeating the pledge, but Connxrr said he should consider It a degradation to do so) . Among the resolutions passed, the two following have the merit of being amusing " That, if it should so happen that there be not raised a sum sufficient to grant ate attempt to effect the object in view, then, in the space of ten days after the close of the next general elution, each and every subscriber shall, upon presenting, or trawling to be presented, his aforesaid receipt to the treasurer, or other person appointed for the purpose, receive the whole - amount of the sum slated in the said receipt, without any d e . tigctior t itehatsoevrri " That if any attempts be male and fail, or if it succeed ; and if, in either ease, there be a surplus renudelng in the bards of the treasurer," then the whole .of such surplus shall,.at the end of fifty days after the close of the neat General Blection, be, In the manner alrove,mentiened, returned to the subscribers, in ' proportion to the sums that they may re spectiyely have subscribed ; and, in order that the sub. scribers may be duly apprised of the share of surplus due to each, the contrftee (here helow named) shall cause notice to be publicly given of the amount of such surplus, and of the time for repaying it to the subscribers upon their producing', their afore-mentioned receipts. But, in order that there may be a limit to the business of the Committee and Treasurer, it is understood that, in this case, as will as in that mentioned in 'resolution 3, it the subscriber do not make his demand within 3 months, or 93 days, atter the times above specified, the, Com mittee shall be at liberty to dispose of the unclaimed sub scriptions in that. way which they may deem most proper, con sulting, in ;his respect, as far as may be practicable, the wishes of the subscribers." A vote of thanks having been passed to Sir Thomas Beevor, the mob dispersed without committing any outrage.—( Times.) The bridge over the Serpentine, at the upper end of Hyde-park, proceeds but slowly ; but the inroads making at the eastern end proceed with much more activity. MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. Monday, Feb. 13, LONDON. Nos. 40, 143, 241, 3299 335. COUNTRY. Nos. 131, 243, 320, 373, 433, 473, 517, 636, 646, 670, 574, 578, 701. - 14. L 024 pox. Nos. 12, 23, 62, 100, 128, 290, 300, 307, 421, 479. COUNTRY. Nos. 24, 67, 138, 145, 211, 263, 292, 427, 604, 026, 668, 714. Wednmlay, - 13, LONDON. Grand Steward's Lodge. Nos. 36, 56, 91, 134, 225, 296, 321. COUNTRY. Nos. 93, 105, 124, 126, 146, 207, 229, 339, 342, Tuesday, 465; 468, 480, 487; 529, 581 68, 05411. Thursday, 16, Loxnox . Nos. , 05, 7 15 7 2, 274, 388. Clouse Cons. Fem. Sch. at 11. COUNTRY. Nos. 70, 113, 171, 214, 288, 416, 451, 453, 468, 469, 511, 518, 660, 661, 642, 679. -- 17, LomnoN. No. 493. COUNTRY. Nos. 28, 30, 55, 193, 470, 550, 600, 646, 635, 709. Saturday, - 18, !Jo:mots'. •• COUNTRY. Nos. 04, 675. Friday, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF CO3I3IONS. NOTICES OF BIOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. lir. Ellice—Return of Bank Notes in circulation on flit Ist and 15th of each month, for six months, to the lit of Fe bruary inclusive. Mr. Urenfell—Account of Balances of Public Money in the Bank.of England ; and Charge of Management of. the Pub lic Debt. PRICE OV STOCK 4 THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 78j § 3i per Cent. Ditto Red B7i 7 a bi 4 per Cent. New 96 4i Si .1 i Bank hong Ann. 19 946 India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sat Stock PRICES OF FOREIGN Aus tri tut Ms, 5 percent.... Brizilian 1141$ 1825 —_--- Scrip Buenos Ayres lids Chilimn, lids, 6 per cent — Cololllbian lids Do. do. 1824 ... 54} 34 4 3 Danish, 6 per cot. Do. 1825 Greek lids . 1825 . Guatimala 15i 15 48 31exiran lids 55 5 Do. 11125 t Y AT OYS O'CLOCIIC. Old Annuities r• -- New Ditto EL Bills 10001. lid. 21 Ditto 6001. lid. 2 dis. par Ditto Small lid 2 1 pm. Ditto Advertised Bank for Acct. India for Acct. Cons. for Acct. 78j 9 13i 11, NOS AT ONE O'CLOCf• Mexican Scrip Neapolitan, 11124 ......... -- Neapolitan Scrip Peruvian ... .... PruMuan, 6 per cent. .• Ditto New I Iluamitin.New,s ct. 8 2 Spanish 11121,6 p.c. 1 1 10i 11i luza French Rentes, 3p. c. —t Exchange ... --- 3 p. c. Exchan . ge —f. --c• PRICES OF SIIARES AT ONE O'CLOCK, P o . Awl. A n . glo.Mexican Alining Company 35 27A 2134 • Arigna Iron and Coal Alining Company .. 7 Bolivar Mining Company ...... l A►t a I I P R P ax .Mining andP C e r o u n vTa a n n A Y lining ::: *** 1 ** 2 7 4 C p o o l t o s n iii iii i New United Mexi,ran Mining Company Continental Gas Company ..... Australian Company 13 British Iron Company FOItEIGN MAILS. AlutIVEl). Guernsey and Jersey Gottenhurgli I I ambu rgh France America - Dun. 1 1 MO 11 WATER AT LONDON BRUME TO-IIORROW Morning, 6 ►ninutes utter 4. j Evening, 40 minutes After .1. THE SUN. SOLZR GUIS DICERE F.I4SUJI .11IDNAT • LONDON, THURSD.44; EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1826• The Doile of yesterday —received this morn ing by Express—is barren of intellig,ence , it it believed that the Duke of SAN C:t►teds, who 11 now in Paris, has been appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary by FERDINAND, to congratula te the Emperor NICHOLAS on his accession to the Throne of Russia. An Ordinance has been p° h" lished in the Moniteur, regarding the "Tariff no's in force, for regulating cot!),rcial intercour se between the Isla n d s of Martinique a wl Gead 3 • loupe, and F ore i gn N at i ons. In the absence of actual intellig e n ce , th e F rench Papers indulge 9 propagating rumours f rom G reece. A J i tter is is stated to have been received at Corfu, announcing the appointment or CoLocoTaosi as Generalissimo of the armies in the Morel, I He is said to have marched at the head of g,O OO men ; with the dovrininaOcki Qf carry!::; esi;Z! lizza by storm. Unless the character' of the Greek troops has undergone a material change, the Turks have little to fear from such an enterprise. It is assorted by officers, ‘Thc' have long had commands in the Greek ser' vice, that in no instance, from the very soul. mencement of the contest to the present thve, his there been any action In which a loss of 100 men has been sustained on either side , A fire of musketry may, indeed, be maintained for a whole day, but at a distance so respectful as to Produce no othereffect than that of wounding a fof stragglers by randorn shot. Another letter from Corfu is quoted, in which the capture of Tripo• lizza and massacre of the entire garrison, 10 , the amount of three thousand men, is posi tively asserted ! This, however, will hardif be deem e d t o mer i t notice, by even the most cre4. dulous, Th e l ast quotation of Renter is-- - for the Fives, 99f. 40c. ; for the Threes, 66f. 1.0 c,. Frankfort Papers, to the 2d February, well r e " ceiyed this morning. It appears, b 7